The QUT Centre for Robotics builds on a decade of investment at QUT in robotic research and translation which has been funded by QUT, Australian Research Council, Queensland Government, cooperative research centres and industry.

The centre:

  • is at the forefront of research and innovation in intelligent robotics
  • translates research into commercial and societal outcomes
  • leads education, training and development of talent to meet growing demands
  • provides leadership in technological policy development and societal debate.

The QUT Centre for Robotics builds on a decade of investment at QUT in robotic research and translation which has been funded by QUT, Australian Research Council, Queensland Government, cooperative research centres and industry.

The centre:

  • is at the forefront of research and innovation in intelligent robotics
  • translates research into commercial and societal outcomes
  • leads education, training and development of talent to meet growing demands
  • provides leadership in technological policy development and societal debate.

Mission and priorities

Our mission and key priorities are focused on producing leading research that translates to real-world solutions for our partners and society.

World leading research

We undertake research into robotic perception, understanding, control and interaction.

Prototyping

We create prototype systems to demonstrate principles and evaluate in real-world scenarios.

Engage for impact

We engage with industry, government and society through translational robotics research, media and public forums.

The LABS

Meet some of the people changing our world for the better, with a behind the scenes snapshot of science that can:

  • transform diamonds into high powered, energy efficient electronics
  • change plastics into truly biodegradable food for organisms
  • teach robots how to navigate the world like humans do.
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Our research

Physical interaction
Perception and localisation
Visual learning and understanding
Decision and control
Human interaction

Our team

Distinguished Professor Peter Corke

Peter has led robotics research at QUT since 2010 and was the founding director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision, headquartered at QUT. His research is concerned with enabling robots to see so that they can be truly effective in non-factory applications such as agriculture, environmental monitoring, asset inspection and mining.

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Professor Michael Milford

Deputy Director, QUT Centre for Robotics
Michael conducts interdisciplinary research at the boundary between robotics, neuroscience and computer vision and is a multi-award winning educational entrepreneur. His research models the neural mechanisms in the brain underlying tasks like navigation and perception to develop new technologies in challenging application domains such as all-weather, anytime positioning for autonomous vehicles.

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Professor Jason Ford

Jason has more than 20 years of experience developing decision and control solutions for energy, aerospace and defence industries. His research concerns how to create robotic and autonomous systems that can reliably operate in the presence of uncertainty and error.

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Associate Professor Niko Suenderhauf

Niko conducts research at the intersection of robotics, computer vision, and machine learning. His work focuses on robotic scene understanding, localisation, mapping, and task learning. Niko leads the centre's Visual Learning and Understanding Program. He received an Amazon Research Award in 2020 and a Google Faculty Research Award in 2018.

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Associate Professor Felipe Gonzalez

Felipe has more than 20 years of experience developing drones for remote sensing. His research focuses on creating aerial robots, drones or UAVs that possess a high level of cognition using efficient on-board computer algorithms and advanced optimisation approaches. Felipe leads the Airborne Systems Lab and is co-lead for Perception and Localisation research program at the Centre for Robotics. He has received five innovation awards and leads several ARC and Microsoft AI for Earth grant projects.

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Our research projects

Research news

14 July

QUT awarded an Amazon Research Award to improve the capabilities of low-cost robots

QUT has been awarded a US$100,000 grant by the Amazon Research Awards (ARA) to launch a new research program designed to help robot manufacturers develop quality applications at a lower cost leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology.

7 July

QUT researchers awarded Australian Laureate Fellowships

A project inspired by nature and robotics to give Australia greater GPS satellite autonomy, and another examining the impact of polarisation across online environments have earnt each of the QUT lead researchers a prestigious Australian Laureate Fellowship.

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Contact the Centre for Robotics

+61 3138 4276
Find us at
Level 11, S Block
Gardens Point